The state auditor of Utah is a constitutional officer in the

executive branch The executive branch is the part of government which executes or enforces the law. Function The scope of executive power varies greatly depending on the political context in which it emerges, and it can change over time in a given country. In ...

of the U.S. state of

Utah Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is one of the Four Corners states, sharing a border with Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. It also borders Wyoming to the northea ...

. Twenty-five individuals have held the office of state auditor since statehood. The incumbent is

Tina Cannon Tina M. Cannon (born March 1968) is an American politician who is currently serving as the Utah State Auditor since 2025. Cannon graduated from Utah State University. After several years with Lunsford & Peck, She began Allred & Cannon. . Cannon ...

, a Republican.

Powers and duties

The state auditor is charged by Utah's constitution "to perform financial post audits of public accounts" and is designated by statute as "auditor of public accounts". The state auditor exercises this power, duty, and authority by conducting financial, compliance, and performance audits of state agencies, performing desk reviews of local governments' audit reports to ensure compliance with the law and

Government Auditing Standards The Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS), commonly referred to as the "Yellow Book", are produced in the United States by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The standards apply to both financial and performance audits ...

, and investigating allegations of waste, fraud, or abuse of public funds and resources at both the state and local level. The state auditor also enforces Utah's data privacy law, prescribes uniform accounting, budgeting, and financial reporting systems for local governments, provides local government officials with consulting services, and trains certified public accountants engaged in local government audit work.

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